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...Marina Krytikova sits at her kitchen table, the smoke from her cigarette mixing with the smell of lacquer as two doll sets dry on the tablecloth. The bellies of the roly-poly dolls depict stylized Russian scenes of dashing horses, young lovers and soaring eagles that Krytikova has copied over the years out of books of fairy tales, from greeting cards and even off the tops of cake boxes. "When I'm working, I forget about everything," she says as she peers over her glasses to paint intricate curlicues on the body of a large doll. "I forget about family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying Times for Russia's Nesting Dolls | 7/5/2009 | See Source »

...steamed the placenta with some herbs, the kitchen got that ironlike smell of cooked organ meat, with vague undertones of a consciousness-raising group and a Betty Friedan rally. Sara said Cassandra had a particularly robust placenta, and she hoped to get 120 pills out of it. As she sliced the cooked organ and put it on parchment paper in a dehydrator, she told me that some people drink the placenta raw as a smoothie. "I do this for a living, and I couldn't do that," she said. The pills, she explained, were superior, since Cassandra could stretch their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

...Bath & Beyond will have to start showing positive same-store sales if we want to call a bottoming-out," she says. At least the company is close. So guys, don't whine on your trip to Bed Bath & Beyond. Snatch that pomegranate-cider candle for $25. The fruity smell is quite delightful. And our economic future may depend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bed Bath & Beyond: An Economic Indicator? | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...call or e-mail from states and localities seeking guidance within 24 hours. "It's so important you make sure - don't get mad at me - that there are no water parks, golf courses or anything that doesn't pass not only the test of the law but the smell test," Biden tells the mayors during the conference call. "Because we've got to do this thing really well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happened to the Stimulus? | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...more competitive as the euro has appreciated. In Spain's Canary Islands, where tourism represents upwards of 60% of the local economy, the municipal tourism board recently began a series of seminars to help tourism workers cast off their perceived grumpiness. Course materials advise cabbies to "ensure your taxis smell nice, and don't drive too fast" and remind hotel staff that "a smile costs nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vacation Recession | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

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